climbed
past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
An inflected form of climb · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,558 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,583 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress also: climb up, mount, go up Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
- move with difficulty, by grasping
- go up or advance also: wax, mount, rise Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
- slope upward The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill
- improve one's social status This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
- increase in value or to a higher point also: rise, go up prices climbed steeplythe value of our house rose sharply last year
climbed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Grandfather and Kit and Kat climbed the dyke.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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As he climbed the stairs he heard Paredes telephoning.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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He let the vision possess him as they climbed the hill to the house.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches.
The Bear and the Two Travelers · Aesop · Chapter 1
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A slim-balustered staircase, wide and shallow and once creamy-white, climbed out of it under a long oval window.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1